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Originally Posted by MikeNigh
The ball fields on the parkway are a rec ghetto. I've never seen them used so effectively every time I walk past / through it's just ugly barren dirt with the rest being a painfully boring grass field.
Maybe I should have used the term rec wasteland.
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Well—it's obviously a seasonal thing. But I grew up in Logan Square, used those fields constantly, and know they are a vital part of everyone who still lives in the neighborhood when I visit. Is your problem with rec uses simply that you don't believe they're really being used? Or you feel it's unfair that they cannot be used otherwise when they are not being used? It is certainly a conflict but from experience and observations the city doesn't have enough rec space. To address the conflict in different users' needs, though, I would certainly concede the city could do a better job at coupling different uses at one site. For example, the southern periphery of Van Colln fields on the parkway could have a café, related structure, landscaping, and other park furniture to sort of maintain energy as you go up the parkway. I always come back to Paris on these issues. They nail them consistently.
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